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Title
Portrait of J. W. Randolph sitting in a wooden chair, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
A portrait of J. W. Randolph sitting in a wooden chair. J. W. Randolph was charged for the murder of his wife by poisoning her with arsenic. He was later acquitted of the charge. A similar photograph appears with the article "Murder Charge in Mrs. Randolph's Death Complicated by Controversy Over Estate: STATE STARTS FINANCE CHECK Daughter Withholds Basis for Suspicion Husband's Counsel to Fight Incommunicado Status Arsenic Shown by Autopsy Causes Accusation," Los Angeles Times, 12 May 1928: A2.
Text from negative sleeve: Randolph, J.W. Murder Case.
Handwritten on negative: J. W. Randolph
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3725_G4141
ark:/21198/z19d2qc6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Trials, litigation, etc
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Randolph, J. W. (Jack W.), b. 1882 or 1883
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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